Services Database On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Drugs (Salford area)
Service ID
419654
Description
3.1 Aims and objectives of service
3.1.1 The aim of the service is to provide easy access to palliative care drugs by ensuring that there is an on-demand supply of palliative care drugs from a network of community pharmacies spread geographically across Salford.
3.2 Service description/care pathway
3.2.1 The pharmacy contractor is required to hold the specified list (see Appendix 1) of drugs required to deliver this service and will dispense the items in response to NHS prescriptions presented to the pharmacy. If at any point the pharmacy contractor is unable to source any of the drugs listed in Appendix 1, it is their responsibility to inform the NHS Greater Manchester (Salford Locality) Medicines Optimisation Team at gmicbsal.prescribingenquiries@nhs.net.
Location of service
Greater Manchester LPC
Commissioner
ICB
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Service type
On demand availability of specialist drugs (palliative care)
Other organisations involved
Dates
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Status
Ongoing
